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Harold “Shot” Jackson

Musician · 1920–1991
Best known for Dobro

Harold “Shot” Jackson was an American Dobro and pedal-steel guitarist.

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  • Born in 1920, he played Dobro early in his career and steel guitar in Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys.
  • Co-founded the Sho-Bud company with Buddy Emmons in 1955, the first pedal-steel-guitar manufacturer.
  • Played the celebrated Dobro on Johnny Cash's 1960 recording “When Papa Played the Dobro.” He died in 1991.

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